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Arrifes
Sign in to saveArrifes is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 7,086, in an area of 25.37 km².
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- parish
- Portuguese subdivision.name
- Arrifes
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Azores
- Portuguese subdivision.island
- São Miguel
- Portuguese subdivision.municipality
- Ponta Delgada
- Portuguese subdivision.image_map
- Locator map AZO SMG PDL Arrifes.svg
- Portuguese subdivision.map_caption
- Location of the civil parish of Arrifes in the municipality of Ponta Delgada
- Portuguese subdivision.established_date
- Settlement: fl.1900Civil parish: 3 April 1959
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total_km2
- 25.37
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation_m
- 260
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
- Portuguese subdivision.population_total
- 7086
- Portuguese subdivision.postal_code
- 9500-376
- Portuguese subdivision.area_code
- 292
- Portuguese subdivision.patron
- Nossa Senhora da Piedade
- Portuguese subdivision.website
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- Portuguese subdivision.footnotes
- Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) -->
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Arrifes is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 7,086, in an area of 25.37 km².
==History== The name "Arrifes" has its origin in the Arab word "Al-rife" as meaning "reef" or coastal outcropping/rocks. It is unclear whether this name was attributed to the area around Relva originally (and expanded) or was given for other reasons.